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Thread #8395   Message #2691798
Posted By: GUEST
01-Aug-09 - 04:23 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
Subject: RE: Origins: Salvation Army/Throw a Nickel on the Drum
My Dad used to sing the Salvation Army song and a number of others when we'd be out camping when I was a kid. "The Pig Song" was one of my favorites. His lyrics were slightly different from the ones above:
^^^
It was one day last November, how well I do remember,
I was walking down the street in drunken pride
When my knees began to stutter
So I lay down in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.

By my side! By my side!
Oh that pig came up and lay down by my side.
My knees began to stutter, so I lay down in the gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.

As I lay there in the gutter, my heart was all a-flutter
And a lady passing by was heard to say
"You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses"
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.

Walked away! He walked away!
And that pig got up and slowly walked away.
"You can tell a man who boozes by the company he chooses"
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.